GEOL 45004 - (was ERSC 4450) Geochemistry

Three hours lecture. Two hours laboratory per week. Four credit hours.

Was ERSC 4450. Presents natural processes and principles of geochemistry that range from the critical zone (intersection of the geosphere/lithosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere), through the crust, and into the mantle of the Earth. Possible topics include surficial and environment mineralogy, aqueous systems, carbonate geochemistry, biogeochemical cycles, chemical weathering and soils, isotope geochemistry, mineral phase equilibria, and geothermobarometry. Geochemical instrumentation will also be reviewed. Dual listed in the Graduate Catalog as GEOL 55004 (was ERSC 5450).

Prerequisites: GEOL 11103 and CHEM 10234